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John Wake's avatar

Were the Aussie lockdowns more stringent than in the States?

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Cameron Murray's avatar

In Victoria for sure - ridiculous strict house lockdowns. But also a lot of strange state border closures.

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John Wake's avatar

Here, the police were never sent to enforce lockdowns. Sounds EXTREME!

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RegretLeft's avatar

looks great! - so much SubStack / so little time. ... On Mar 27, 2020, Italian health officials reported on average age (77+) and co-morbitities among "covid deaths" there - and I said: ha! it's (the 2 week old lockdown) all been in error - that profile is little different than a typical seasonal flu - we'll be back to normal next week once this gets digested.

How wrong I was!

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Barry Steele's avatar

Way outside your subject matter expertise there Cam

Sorry, I listened to Scientists way before neoclassical economist who can't describe their subject matter without inconsistent mathematics

Science trumps economics unless you live in Bizarroland

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George Wilson's avatar

Cameron, I like the way you think outside the square on economics and housing, but, I would appreciate your comments as to how your view “squares” ( inside or out) with the precautionary principle, fat tails and long Covid….

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0921-x

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.5787

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03173-6

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John Cumming's avatar

Fantastic insight although remembering the lesson of Cassandra, having knowledge of the future does not effect the ability to change events.

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